Add "Zoom to layer" in context menu of layers in the Layers panel

[matthijs]

I often work on a few different things at the same time, sometimes far apart geographically. If so, I often download different parts of the map in different layers. Switching between layers is now not as easy as it could be. I have to activate a different layer, but then manually find it in the map (i.e. zoom out, see what bit of data is the right one, zoom back in). Alternatively, doing a select-all after activating a layer allows doing right-click and "zoom to selection" in the "Selection window", but that's still a bit cumbersome (and it took me a while to find this possibility).

What would help if I could right-click a layer in the "Layers" window, and select a (to be added) "Zoom to" option (similar like the "Zoom to selection" option in the "Selection" window, or the "zoom to" option for members when editing a relation).

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Last:Changed Date: 2020-06-30 19:13:42 +0200 (Tue, 30 Jun 2020)
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[skyper]

You are talking about the relation editor, right?

Please, describe in more details your problem. A screenshot could help, too. Thanks

Note Zoom to layer for mapview and additional actions Zoom to previous, Zoom to next and Zoom to download with their cycles.

[matthijs]

Screenshot of popup menu where a new option is suggested

[matthijs]

You are talking about the relation editor, right?

No, the layers dialog in the main window.

Note Zoom to layer for mapview and additional actions Zoom to previous, Zoom to next and Zoom to download with their cycles.

Aha, "View > Zoom to layer" is pretty much exactly what I needed. It's also in a fairly logical place, not sure why I missed that.

Still, it might be worth to consider adding a "Zoom to layer" option to the data layer popup menu, e.g. in this menu:

[skyper]

Replying to Matthijs Kooijman <matthijs@…>:

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Still, it might be worth to consider adding a "Zoom to layer" option to the data layer popup menu, e.g. in this menu:

Ok but note again, that you can change active layers by left click in the front of the Layer List panel and shortcuts Shift+S followed by [1–0A-Z] exist, too. Simply try Shift+S and wait a few seconds.

[Klumbumbus]

You don't even need to make the layer active. Just select it in the list (left click) and hit shortcut "2".

[matthijs]

Ok but note again, that you can change active layers by left click in the front of the Layer List panel and shortcuts Shift+S followed by [1–0A-Z] exist, too. Simply try Shift+S and wait a few seconds.

Thanks, those are indeed useful (but I myself have enough ways to handle this now).

However, I'm suggesting adding an option in a place where it will be easily found by new users (IOW, in the place where I had expected it, others might look for it in the same place), which could make things easier for other users.

OTOH, it's just a suggestion and if you want to close this as wontfix, that's also fine (which would make sense, since the feature is actually present and also documented, looking back it I think if I would just have googled "JOSM zoom to layer", I would have found the right UI and could have avoided creating this ticket in the first place, so maybe I've been a bit to eager to suggest a new feature...).

[simon04]

In 16967/josm:

fix #19510 - Add "Zoom to layer" in context menu of layers in the Layers panel

[simon04]

In 16969/josm:

see #19510 - Fix unit tests

[matthijs]

With #19735 fixed, I finally managed to test this. Looks good, works great, thanks for picking this up!